Things I enjoy about Ontario...

"thebigbossyboss" (thebigbossyboss)
11/02/2014 at 15:21 • Filed to: Ontario

The blatant disregard for the speed limit on the 401. Pushed just under 120 km/h the whole way. Got passed a lot. Speed limit is 100.

Speeding on the 401 doesn't cost you anything as log as you have radar shield protection (which is extremely plentiful at even pretty high speeds).

Anyways since everybody drives 120 km\h anyways it would be nice if that was the actual speed limit. No, if they raise the limit to 120 I will not do 140. My car is terrifying at that speed.

DISCUSSION (28)

Kanaric > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 15:23

Where I live 120kmh is about the minimum speed people will drive on a highway.

thebigbossyboss > Kanaric
11/02/2014 at 15:25

That's good. Utah and places have decent speed limits. Ontario does not. But on Highway 401 everyone just goes fast anyways. It's kind of awesome.

bob and john > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 15:28

man, if I was around I'd tell you to drop by for a drink ...dam being in thunder bay

thebigbossyboss > bob and john
11/02/2014 at 15:31

I was in a bit of a hurry for both directions unfortunately. Next time.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 15:32

I know the feeling. I get passed going 120 kmh everywhere.

thebigbossyboss > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
11/02/2014 at 15:33

It;s a good feeling. I like it.

thedevilinside > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 15:40

When I came up to Ontario Last year I drove 100 on the 401 the whole time. I had no idea how likely I would be to get a ticket so I didn't speed. I felt like I was sitting still.

lonestranger > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 15:51

Way off-topic, but whatever. Until now, I hadn't noticed how similar Challenger Motor Freight's livery is to that of the RCMP.

Kinja'd!!!

thebigbossyboss > lonestranger
11/02/2014 at 16:02

I had never noticed that either.

Greenmobile Supremo Commando, BRZ Extrordinare > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 16:03

All because the speed limit is too damm low. Just drove from Vaughan to Hamilton (at McMaster) and it was 130 all the way down (400, 401, 427, QEW, 403)... I think people are just not giving a crap about the limit anymore, I see OPP doing 140 on the 407 on the regular, and that's just keeping up with traffic.

thebigbossyboss > thedevilinside
11/02/2014 at 16:05

No doubt. That must have been torturous. Next time go faster!! MMMOOOAAARRR spppeeeddddd

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > thedevilinside
11/02/2014 at 16:09

We spot foreigners that way.

thedevilinside > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
11/02/2014 at 16:18

I was clearly a foreigner! My van also went into limp mode so driving slower did probably help my get further before that happened.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > thedevilinside
11/02/2014 at 16:22

When I was doing my driving test, a portion of it was on the 401, and because it was the test, I kept to the speed limit. The results of the test said I was too slow on the highway portion.

thebigbossyboss > Greenmobile Supremo Commando, BRZ Extrordinare
11/02/2014 at 16:45

I have never been on the 407. Isn;t the toll like your left arm or something? :P

But yeah going 120 on the 401....cop goes by going 140.....keep going 120. Heh,

The Compromiser > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 17:14

I dont think I've ever seen a cruiser on the 400s doing 140. Never that slow, unless they are coming up to their exit...

thebigbossyboss > The Compromiser
11/02/2014 at 17:27

The 417 in Ottawa is slower than the 401, if you do 120 on the 417 you will get a ticket. I don't even think they do enforcement on the 401 in toronto. I've never seen anyone pulled over.

cluelessk > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 17:58

What do you drive that feels unsafe at 120?

The Compromiser > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 18:02

T Dot is sketchy I agree they do enfoce but not a huge amount. Go west however... Never speed in Chatham Kent. They will put a cruiser at EVERY overpass. This is not an exaggeration. I have traveled from Windsor to London and not seen a clear patch. They don't bust under 120 unless it's a slow month.

thebigbossyboss > cluelessk
11/02/2014 at 18:08

)3' Cavalier. It starts to shake at about 121 or so hahaha.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 18:39

Same thing in Saskatchewan (and probably everywhere else). Highway 16, even the two-lane (one in each direction, separated by a thin splash of paint) section had people passing me all the time when I was doing 120. Seriously, though, if you're driving between Winnipeg and Edmonton, going 130 instead of 100 will cut several hours out of the trip.

thebigbossyboss > The Compromiser
11/02/2014 at 18:51

Wow. I've never been to that part of Ontario before. I'd like to go though someday. Explore all the places. Kingston is another place they like to bust you at 120. But east of toronto that's about it. I did 120 past a cop with a radar gun today and nothing happened haha.

thebigbossyboss > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
11/02/2014 at 18:54

In 2003 Saskatchewan raised some of their speed limits to 110 km/h. Ontario has never followed suit. We should.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > lonestranger
11/02/2014 at 19:50

On the subject of Challenger Motor Freight, there was a time someone parked a truck not unlike the example posted in front of my house. He later got a different truck (not with Challenger), and still parked it there for a couple more years.

Kinja'd!!!

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > thebigbossyboss
11/02/2014 at 20:05

Only on divided highways, though. Everyone mostly still drives at 110+, regardless of type of road, or whether it's even paved... half the road network in the province is gravel.

thebigbossyboss > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
11/03/2014 at 07:26

Guess he was a truck driver. I don;t ever remember seeing a big rig down there. I lived near the corner of Castlefrank and Katamivik for a few years.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > thebigbossyboss
11/03/2014 at 14:07

It was in 2006, and I believe he was parking there until 2009.

thebigbossyboss > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
11/03/2014 at 15:22

oh ok. I moved to Kanata in 2011.